Definitions for salvation
sælˈveɪ ʃənsal·va·tion

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. redemption, salvationnoun

   (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

2. salvationnoun

   a means of preserving from harm or unpleasantness

   "tourism was their economic salvation"; "they turned to individualism as their salvation"

3. salvationnoun

   the state of being saved or preserved from harm

4. salvationnoun

   saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation

   "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. salvationnoun

   the process of being saved, the state of having been saved (from hell)

2. salvationnoun

   The process of being restored or made new for the purpose of becoming saved; the process of being rid of the old poor quality conditions and becoming improved.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Salvationnoun

   the act of saving; preservation or deliverance from destruction, danger, or great calamity

   Etymology: [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See Save.]

2. Salvationnoun

   the redemption of man from the bondage of sin and liability to eternal death, and the conferring on him of everlasting happiness

   Etymology: [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See Save.]

3. Salvationnoun

   saving power; that which saves

   Etymology: [OE. salvacioun, sauvacion, F. salvation, fr. L. salvatio, fr. salvare to save. See Save.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Salvation

   Salvation is being saved or protected from harm or being saved or delivered from some dire situation. In religion, salvation is stated as the saving of the soul from sin and its consequences. The academic study of salvation is called soteriology. It concerns itself with the comparative study of how different religious traditions conceive salvation and how they believe it is obtained. "Salvation" distinguishes a notion common to men and women of a wide range of cultural traditions.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Salvation

   sal-vā′shun, n. act of saving: means of preservation from any serious evil: (theol.) the saving of man from the power and penalty of sin, the conferring of eternal happiness: (B.) deliverance from enemies.—v.t. to heal, to cure: to remedy: to redeem: to gloss over.—ns. Salvā′tionism; Salvā′tionist.—Salvation Army, an organisation for the revival of evangelical religion amongst the masses, founded by William Booth about 1865, reorganised on the model of a military force in 1878; Salvation Sally, a girl belonging to the Salvation Army.

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. salvation

   Redemption from a belief in miracles.

Matched Categories

1. • Means
   • Rescue
   • Safety
   • Theology

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'salvation' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4617

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'salvation' in Nouns Frequency: #2807

How to pronounce salvation?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say salvation in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of salvation in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of salvation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of salvation in a Sentence

1. Bill Clinton:

   I have always cherished the Methodist Church because it gave us the great gift of personal salvation but also the great obligation of social gospel, and I took that very seriously and have tried, tried to be guided in my own life ever since as an advocate for children and families, for women and men around the world who are oppressed and persecuted, denied their human rights and human dignity.

2. Saint Cyprian:

   There is no salvation outside the church.

3. Flannery O'Connor:

   Where there is no belief in the soul, there is very little drama . . . . Either one is serious about salvation or one is not. And it is well to realize that the maximum amount of seriousness admits the maximum amount of comedy. Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.

4. Michel Temer:

   We need a government of national salvation and national unity, we need to unite all the political parties, and all the parties should be ready to collaborate to drag Brazil out of this crisis.

5. Silvio Berlusconi.All:

   We are all required to give up calculations, tactics and electoral interests to put the salvation of the country first.

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